Rethinking the Informal City: Critical Perspectives from Latin America by Felipe

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Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the terms formal and informal refer not only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric.

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Latin American cities have always been characterized by a strong tension between what is vaguely described as their formal and informal dimensions. However, the terms formal and informal refer not only to the physical aspect of cities but also to their entire socio-political fabric. Informal cities and settlements exceed the structures of order, control and homogeneity that one expects to find in a formal city; therefore the contributors to this volume - from such disciplines as architecture, urban planning, anthropology, urban design, cultural and urban studies and sociology - focus on alternative methods of analysis in order to study the phenomenon of urban informality. This book provides a thorough review of the work that is currently being carried out by scholars, practitioners and governmental institutions, in and outside Latin America, on the question of informal cities.

Author Biography

Felipe Hernández is an Architect and lecturer in architectural design, history and theory at the University of Cambridge. He has an MA in Architecture and Critical Theory and received his PhD from the University of Nottingham. He taught previously in the School of Architecture at the University of Liverpool, and has also taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), the Universities of Nottingham, East London and Nottingham Trent. Felipe Hernández has published extensively on contemporary Latin American cities, focusing on the multiplicity of architectural practices that operate simultaneously in the constant re-shaping of the continent's cities. He is the author of Beyond Modernist Masters: Contemporary Architecture in Latin America (Birkhäuser 2009) and Bhabha for Architects (Routledge 2009) and co-editor of Transculturation: Cities, Space and Architecture in Latin America (Rodopi 2005).

Table of Contents

List of FiguresAcknowledgementsForewordRahul MehrotraChapter 1. Introduction: Reimagining the Informal in Latin AmericaFelipe Hernández and Peter KellettPART ONE: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVESChapter 2. The Form of the Informal: Investigating Brazilian Self-Built Housing SolutionsFernando Luiz LaraChapter 3. Informal Practices in the Formal City: Housing, Disagreement and Recognition in Downtown São PauloZeuler R. Lima and Vera M. PallaminChapter 4. The Formal Architecture of Brasilia: An Analysis of the Contemporary Urban Role of its Satellite SettlementsAnnalisa SpencerChapter 5. The Evolution of Informal Settlements in Chile: Improving Housing Condition in CitiesPaola JirónChapter 6. Housing for the Poor in the City Centre: A Review of the Chilean Experience and a Challenge for Incremental DesignMargarita Greene and Eduardo RojasPART TWO: CRITICAL PRACTICESChapter 7. Rules of Engagement: Caracas and the Informal CityAlfredo Brillembourg and Hubert KlumpnerChapter 8. Integrated Informality in the Barrios of HavanaRonaldo RamirezChapter 9. Formal–Informal Connections in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro: The Favela-Bairro ProgrammeRoberto SegreChapter 10. Spatial Strategies and Urban Social Policy: Urbanism and Poverty Reduction in the Favelas of Rio de JaneiroJorge Fiori and Zeca BrandãoChapter 11. Urban and Social Articulation: Megacities, Exclusion and UrbanityJorge Mario JáureguiChapter 12. Public-city in Manifesto: The Formal City In-formed by Public InterestClaudio VeksteinNotes on ContributorsIndex

Review

"This anthology represents a huge effort due to the diversity of realities that exist within Latin America. Cities have different dynamics according to their characteristics such as population, economic resources and territory…Therefore, the effort made by the editors to collect a group of professionals and researchers interested in Latin American cities is remarkable and mark this book as an important contribution to the knowledge of informal urban spaces in Latin American cities."  ·  Urban Studies Journal"…a worthwhile and timely contribution to the field of Latin American urban studies, which will help to fill the current gap in literature on the Latin American city…this book's major contribution is in its exploration of the social, spatial, cultural and aesthetic processes which constitute the informal city, which is (re)presented as fluid, dynamic, and most importantly, as part of the city. This aspect should ensure its interest to scholars of space and culture; as in rethinking the informal city, we are forced to re-evaluate our understandings of the city itself."  ·  Space and Culture

Review Quote

"This anthology represents a huge effort due to the diversity of realities that exist within Latin America. Cities have different dynamics according to their characteristics such as population, economic resources and territory...Therefore, the effort made by the editors to collect a group of professionals and researchers interested in Latin American cities is remarkable and mark this book as an important contribution to the knowledge of informal urban spaces in Latin American cities." Urban Studies Journal "...a worthwhile and timely contribution to the field of Latin American urban studies, which will help to fill the current gap in literature on the Latin American city...this book's major contribution is in its exploration of the social, spatial, cultural and aesthetic processes which constitute the informal city, which is (re)presented as fluid, dynamic, and most importantly, as part of the city. This aspect should ensure its interest to scholars of space and culture; as in rethinking the informal city, we are forced to re-evaluate our understandings of the city itself." Space and Culture

Details ISBN1845455827 Publisher Berghahn Books Series Remapping Cultural History ISBN-10 1845455827 ISBN-13 9781845455828 Format Hardcover Media Book Imprint Berghahn Books Subtitle Critical Perspectives from Latin America Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Lea Knudsen Allen DEWEY 307.76 Illustrations Illustrations, maps Language English Short Title RETHINKING THE INFORMAL CITY Series Number 11 Pages 264 Year 2009 Publication Date 2009-12-01 UK Release Date 2009-12-01 AU Release Date 2009-12-01 NZ Release Date 2009-12-01 Author Lea Knudsen Allen Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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